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archaealice · 5 months

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Had a workshop in Athens with my lab and got to visit the Akropolis on our last day

#ancient culture #ancient greece #ancient history #archaeology #studyblr #phd diaries #phd life #phdblr #phd #phd student #phd journey #study motivation #dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #academia

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secretswiftymarvelfan · 2 months

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This paragraph perfectly sums up the student experience of learning research philosophies for the first time 😂

#phd diaries

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ancientpillarsoflori · 1 year

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29/03/2023

took my reading outside today. really enjoying it so far - though it‘s a bit outside of the topics i should be researching about at the moment…

#pillars #phd diaries #reading log

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mariamnamah · 1 year

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Arlette Farge, "Writing" in The Allure of the Archive (2013)

#arlette farge #the archive #archival studies #quotes #phd diaries #grad school #writing

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seasage-phd · 8 months

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The way a room full of PhD candidates and researchers can be this whole snobbish and elite crowd talking about projects which are driving them half mad is maddening.

#phdlife #phd diaries #phd journey #seasage writes

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skwpr · 9 months

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Incredibly Healthy Habits For Students

The most commonplace advice on good habits for students. This crucial component of a healthy relationship is not to be overlooked.

1. Don’t over-stuff your backpack.

Unless a professor tells the class to bring a textbook – keep that thing at home/in your dorm. Also, try not to carry too much with you anyway. At most I have a spiral or two, my computer. It’s not only unnecessary, but it’s heavy. It wears you down over time just adding stress and annoyance that you don’t need.

2. Work out every week.

Finding time to run a mile or two, play some basketball, or lift weights is important. It was a huge stress reliever for me and it also made me happier.

3. Stop Putting Things Off.

You know you should be finishing homework instead of going out every night. The crazy thing is, we ALL KNOW what we should be doing. But a lot of us still don’t get anything done. I’m in awe of the number of times I have put off studying or reading. However, every time I come to the simple conclusion that getting it done in the beginning is waaaaaay easier than trying to finish the task later.

4. Socialize.

Involvement in college is a spectrum. One extreme includes hobbits who stay in their dorm or apartment all day and the other includes social butterflies who are out on the town every night having fun with friends. Your goal is to find a happy medium. You don’t want to be closed off but you also want to interact with people every once in a while.

For me, this was the hardest part. I do not like to make acquaintances, but for myself I decided that it would be useful. I stepped out of my comfort zone.

5. Eat Healthier.

This is the most predictable advice I can give you. What you put in your body matters.

6. Drink more water.

Drinking water is one of the most essential healthy habits for students.

7. Know When To Say NO.

If you get your work done first, you will have time to have fun without any grief or regrets.

The most important relationship you make in your life is with yourself. It’s genuinely all a mind game. You have to learn to trust yourself by putting yourself first so that you can enjoy what life has to offer you. Having fun with this grey cloud of regret and worry about work you haven’t finished is just not fun at all. So have fun and be yourself but learn when to say NO. You’ll be forever grateful you did in the long run.

8. Give Yourself Grace.

One of the biggest downfalls for me was stressing out. Stressing over school work, time management, boys, networking, and the list goes on. It’s important to shut all the negative voices out.

There’s only one you so treat yourself with respect. If there are things you need to fix, make a plan and make it happen. If that fails, adjust the plan. No one is perfect and I wish we would collectively tell ourselves it’s going to be ok. Because it will be!

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macdenlover · 4 months

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watching this play out over the last couple of years has been incredible

#they really are just. weird kids friend group.#it’s all very poetic #and a little bit hilarious like okayy mr phd sit down😭#maybe they’ll confirm/go more in depth about the gang’s neuroses next season #canon autistic charlie u will be mine..#but fr nothing has made me feel as seen as finding out they’re just like me :(#and ofc it makes so much sense in hindsight that the show would attract a neurodivergent audience #but i didnt know that when i first started getting into this show as a way to cope with my late diagnoses #like what do u mean i wasn’t just projecting?#sorry for using tags as a diary it will happen again

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re--laaaaaxer · 9 months

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When you're just too tired to do anything, but deep down, you know you gotta keep pushing forward. So here's to us taking breaks when we need them and knowing that asking for help does not mean giving up. It just means you're finding new ways to solve problems and think creatively so you may rise to meet whatever life throws at you.

#studyblr #phdjourney #phd diary #phd studyblr #study space #study motivation #study aesthetic

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oystertongue · 6 months

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#internet diary #gradblr #studyblr #mine #phd life #phdblr

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archaealice · 5 months

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Hello! I used to have this domain as a studyblr but since finishing my masters, I saw little point in continuing that route so I decided to start from scratch. So consider this a little introduction back into this site that feels completely strange to me despite growing up in the Tumblr golden era.

My name is Lis, I'm a PhD student in Scientific Archaeology focusing on the effects of animal domestication in Central Europe. I'm currently struggling to find a passion for a subject that I genuinely love so I'm hoping that coming back to this little corner of the internet will reignite my love for history and learning.

#studyblr #archaeology #history #ancient history #culture #anthropology #european history #ancient culture #genomics #genetics #phd diaries

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secretswiftymarvelfan · 3 months

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PhD Diaries:

Lecturer: okay please enter all the ‘isms’ you already know

99% of the class: *enters research based isms*

1%: exorcism!

#phd diaries #niamhrambles

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ancientpillarsoflori · 9 months

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the stages of grief studying japanese

denial

you're bright-eyed, young, and motivated. you're learning a new language! a new world is opening up to you, for sure!

despair

despite getting better and better everyday, it just broadens the horizon of everything you don't know yet (unknown kanji, absurd abbreviations in spoken language, archaic grammar that for some mysterious reason is sticking around to taunt you)

bargaining

why couldn't you be interested in any other country? maybe one of the romance languages that comes more easily to you? or scandinavian? or maybe even mandarin, at least there's only one reading to the kanji there for fuck's sake. is it too late for a career change?

pride

people often say "that looks so HARD, i could NEVER". usually, you're humble and patiently explain what kind of work goes into it. you're slowly becoming too proud of yourself. "hm, yes, it's a really hard language", you say. "one of the hardest in the world, actually." but, your japanese friends tell you, how much better you got, so you're clearly a natural at studying japanese now.

hubris

you're getting really good at this, huh? why not pick up another east-asian language? you already know how to differentiate kanji, so mandarin shouldn't be so hard. or korean, the grammar's similar, isn't it? should be easy. walk in the park.

(currently in all stages at once, tbh.)

#pillars #phd diaries #studying japanese #japanese studyblr

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mariamnamah · 1 year

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"The Borges-style play of a commentary which is nothing but the solemn and expected reappearance word for word of the text that is commented on; or the play of a criticism that would speak forever of a work which does not exist. The lyrical dream of a discourse which is reborn absolutely new and innocent at every point, and which reappears constantly in all freshness, derived from things, feelings or thoughts."

Michel Foucault, "The Order of Discourse"

#foucault #discourse #michel focault #phd diaries

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skwpr · 6 months

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10 Reasons Why Studying is Hard

1 . You don’t know WHY

You don’t know why you have to study. You don’t know your true purpose.

Let me inform you: You have to study because this is the stage in life where you create a foundation of all the basic knowledge you need and learn all sorts of things.

In the next stage, you get to choose what career path you want to take. That is why you should think about your “WHY”.

I am studying because I want to study every day and be prepared for my exams.

2 . You don’t know HOW to study

If you are like my brother, then you don’t know how to study.

Somehow, when we join high school, nobody really teaches us how to study.

Studying involves using different tactics to understand and remember things for the future, or for exams.

You need to learn to memorize.

This is how I memorize things for my exams:

I condense my notes into a few tiny words (summarizing)

I memorize these little words by:

Writing them over and over again

Closing my eyes and remembering them

Testing myself by writing the words again

3 . You are not studying at the right time

Are you a morning person or a night person?

Do you feel energized at 10 am or 10 pm?

These are questions you need to ask yourself to learn why studying is hard for you.

You need the answers to these questions in order to actually study.

4 . You don’t study every day

Alright, you don’t have to study every day.

But that doesn’t mean you only study at 1 am the night before the exam!

That is not smart at all. How are you supposed to teach yourself 3 months-worth of work in a few caffeine-spurred hours?

Stop making studying hard! Just study a little every day.

5 . You don’t have motivation to study

You can’t study at all because you don’t motivate yourself to study.

That is sometimes an excuse because here is the secret: Action comes before motivation, not the other way round.

Stop waiting for the right moment to come down from the sky like clouds parting and the sun shining down on you.

Just open your book right now and read it.

6 . You have some bad habits

If you can’t study at all, maybe you need to study your own habits.

Get a notebook and begin to track every single thing you do in a day. I would advise tracking habits after every hour.

Then you will begin to notice that you are doing some bad habits that make studying hard for you.

7 . You can’t focus on studying

Studying is hard for you and you can’t study at all because you can’t focus on studying.

My advice for you is to sit down and ask yourself why you can’t focus on studying and find a solution to that.

8 . You don’t have fun while studying

Studying to you is probably boring work!

You need to make studying appealing and inviting so you will feel motivated to study.

9 . You don’t know any study hacks

Everyone has their own study hacks.

You probably don’t. That is why studying is hard for you.

You need come up with a personal game plan for how you plan to get good grades on your next test.

10 . You are just plain lazy

Maybe you are just lazy. Everyone gets lazy once in a while. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get off your butt right now and start studying.

Do the least you can possibly do. Open your book and plan to learn just one thing today.

Remember only you can go deep inside and find out why you can’t study or why you never feel like studying. Ask yourself these questions.

That is how you will begin to create a good mindset that will help you to study.

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creatinganewwlife · 3 months

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22 Jan, 2024

Past few days have been awfully hard. I witnessed the death of my little sister. Things have been hard, really hard. I keep feeling like this is a nightmare and I’ll somehow wake up to reality and it won’t be as bad.

I got back home and got myself to sit and open my books to try and distract myself. It felt like the toughest thing to do. I almost feel guilty for trying to distract myself from it all. But i know if i let myself loose, i’d spiral down.

So i am starting this blog as a way to cope with everything going on, to try and cling to the second chance i got at life when i was 16. Seeing her struggle made me realise not everyone gets a second chance at life. So i should make use of mine, right?

I should do well in life, try to make everyone around me happy and proud..right? I want to be able to be happy and smile.

Also, today was राम मंदिर प्राण प्रतिष्ठा l so i lit up a दिया (diya) ,prayed to भगवान जी to provide peace to her soul and strength to everyone hurting.

Love always,

A

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re--laaaaaxer · 11 months

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I have been waking up consistently early nowadays. 7am-ish is still early tho right? Started my day today with a nice walk in the rain (felt absolute invigorating and vivifying!). Then I made myself a cup of cold white coffee with Ethiopian beans and it tastes of sweet goodness of nectar. And now, I am listening to Stuff About Things: An Art History Podcast on the Shroud of Turin. An interesting listen for a skeptic and curious mind such as myself.

Currently still working on my data analysis for chap 4. It is... going, albeit, at a dreadfully snail pace. It is taking so long because of the painstaking process due to the motifs’ meticulous details, and not to mention, my agonising OCD to ensure everything LOOKS RIGHT.

#studyblr #study space #study aesthetic #study table #phd life #phd studyblr #phdjourney #phd diary

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